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Line failures can emerge and propagate in power grids because of varying power injections such as those from wind and solar plants.
From one point of view, scientific communities without adequate data have a distinct advantage: one can construct interesting and exciting stories and rationalizations with little or no risk of observational refutation. Colorful, sometimes charismatic, characters come to dominate the field, constructing their interpretations of a few intriguing, but indefinite observations that appeal to their followers, and which eventually emerge as “textbook truths.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/asia/sou ... index.htmlThe global picture: The latest heat wave comes in the wake of the hottest-ever day on the Korean Peninsula, hottest July in Finland, the hottest-ever month at any location in the U.S.
Some of the many other heat records that have fallen in the past few months include:
Several locations had their warmest all-time month in July, including the normally temperate Caribou, Maine. It was a top 5 warmest July in almost every observing station in the West, where deadly wildfires are burning.
In Europe: Unprecedented heat led to a rare wildfire outbreak in Scandinavia, and record highs have been set all the way above the Arctic Circle. According to the U.N., Sodankyla, Finland hit 89.2°F, or 31.8°C, on July 17, which was an all-time record for that location.
In the Middle East: Quriyat, Oman, likely set the world’s hottest low temperature ever recorded on June 28, when the temperature failed to drop below 109°F, or 42.8°C.
The ties between heat waves and climate change are robust, with climate scientists already tying the Scandinavian and U.K. heat waves to climate change.
Michael Wehner, a climate researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, called 2018 "an unusual year."
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/091000cAs many as 29 people have died due to heatstroke in South Korea, according to the South Korean Ministry of Health, Welfare and Disease Control.
The country is undergoing an extended heatwave, with at least 15 days of temperatures over 35˚C (95˚F) recorded, the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) reported. The agency added that Wednesday was the hottest day in Seoul in 111 years, with a temperature of 39.6˚C.
This has hit hard into the Colonel's homeland. Very hard. Let us pray that he is currently alive and well.Japan logged its highest-ever temperature of 41.1 C in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Monday last week amid the prolonged heat.
Thanks for the left handed prayers.Ammianus wrote: . . .
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/091000c
This has hit hard into the Colonel's adopted homeland. Very hard. Let us pray that he is currently alive and well.Japan logged its highest-ever temperature of 41.1 C in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Monday last week amid the prolonged heat.
I'm more concerned about the End Times indicator of Global Warm-Ongers saying prayers for scientists. Sounds like a belief system in which the angry gods punish the heretics.Typhoon wrote:Thanks for the left handed prayers.Ammianus wrote: . . .
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/091000c
This has hit hard into the Colonel's adopted homeland. Very hard. Let us pray that he is currently alive and well.Japan logged its highest-ever temperature of 41.1 C in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Monday last week amid the prolonged heat.
Summers in Japan are always bloody hot and humid.Typhoon wrote:Thanks for the left handed prayers.Ammianus wrote: . . .
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/091000c
This has hit hard into the Colonel's adopted homeland. Very hard. Let us pray that he is currently alive and well.Japan logged its highest-ever temperature of 41.1 C in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Monday last week amid the prolonged heat.
Yes, there is an answer. It's called "nature".Ammianus wrote:Meanwhile, still no answers as to these increasingly frequent phenomenon:
Contrary to claims, the frequency of such events has not increased.Mr. Perfect wrote:Yes, there is an answer. It's called "nature".Ammianus wrote:Meanwhile, still no answers as to these increasingly frequent phenomenon:
Same applies to forest fires elsewhere.Despite warnings, government failed to invest in measures to reduce wildfire risk.
Fluctuating solar and wind power require lots of energy storage, and lithium-ion batteries seem like the obvious choice—but they are far too expensive to play a major role.
indeed.Typhoon wrote:Blame the British Columbia [Canada] Liberal [Party] Neglect, Not Climate Change, for Year of Fires
Same applies to forest fires elsewhere.Despite warnings, government failed to invest in measures to reduce wildfire risk.
Forest fires are part of the cycle of nature.
Historically, strict fire suppression has lead to an unnatural build up of biomass, so when forest fires now do occur, they have the fuel to become large.
Now let's look at the implications.......First off, let’s ditch “the.” It’s officially “Smokey Bear.” The definite article only got shoehorned in there in 1952, when his fame was snowballing and a pair of songwriters penned Smokey his own anthem. They jammed “the” into his name for the song’s rhythm.
Second: Know he only got his job because Bambi was contractually unavailable. Had Walt Disney been a little more open about loaning out his prancing cartoon deer for government work, Americans may have never heard of Smokey Bear or his famous catchphrase: “Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires.”
I would have preferred Bigfoot as the symbol.Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:
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The official Japan Meteorological Agency says otherwise:Typhoon wrote:Contrary to claims, the frequency of such events has not increased.Mr. Perfect wrote:Yes, there is an answer. It's called "nature".Ammianus wrote:Meanwhile, still no answers as to these increasingly frequent phenomenon:
Nonsense.Ammianus wrote:The official Japan Meteorological Agency says otherwise:Typhoon wrote:Contrary to claims, the frequency of such events has not increased.Mr. Perfect wrote:Yes, there is an answer. It's called "nature".Ammianus wrote:Meanwhile, still no answers as to these increasingly frequent phenomenon:
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Yet another load of sweaty malodourous activist bollocks.One of the key acid tests being put forth by both sides of the debate 10 to 15 years ago asked whether more extreme and frequent summer heatwaves will occur under global climate change. The deniers crowed back then it will never happen, the supporters claim it will. 10 to 15 years later in 2018, the overall trend of more frequent and more powerful heatwaves afflicting the Northern Hemisphere has been clear.
Typhoons are an annual occurrence. Earthquakes are unpredictable.Ammianus wrote:Record breaking typhoons yet again in Japan, now a great earthquake in the far north of Hokkaido. Truly fulfilling the native Japanese expression of the Island of Catastrophes.
Wrong region.Ammianus wrote: Let us pray (with both hands) the Colonel continues to prosper and be well, hopefully in the full safety of the Kanto region
All too typical.Mr. Perfect wrote:You have a weird preoccupation with Colonel Sun.
Welcome back Colonel Sun. Still waiting for LzzrdGrrl........Colonel Sun wrote:All too typical.Mr. Perfect wrote:You have a weird preoccupation with Colonel Sun.
Not being able to debate the evidence and analyses, activists and their followers invariably stoop to the petty and the personal.
The faux expressions of concern are rather poor form considering there was loss of life due to these recent events.
